Ideas for new install - 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Edition !

[JustStoppingBy 10+ year member]

the one i was going to look at got sold. so im looking at another..

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

Finally, another WJ owner on here!!!

If you go with the HID kit, make sure you do a true retrofit into the stock housings or, as mentioned before, get those lights off ebay and throw some HIDs in them. From my experience with them (had them on my grand for about a year), they look pretty cool and the halo rings are cool, but the light output ***** ars. Mine looked like I had 3 head lights, it concentrated the light to the far left, dead center, and far right. But with HIDs, it might not be as bad.

As far as the system goes, i would suggest a nice component set up front, with plenty of power, and a nice sub stage. I threw some decent coaxils in the rear doors because i carry alot of people around with me, but most of the time they are turned off vie the HU.

Heres some pics that might get ur brain turnin on the install. (copied from previous thread)

what i did have

blank slate

The new box. 4.5 cuft tuned to 32 hz. Very fun to make.

I like silicone

Notice the 4" pvc waiting to be used

The box was very time consuming to make. I wanted to save as much cargo area as possible to I used every bit of space possible to readhewd my desired 4.5 cuft. The 'wings of the box extend over the wheel wells and it fits snuggly against the rear seat.

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

Ummm...

General layout

Sub amp beauty plate almost complete.

I inset the cargo cover to give it that fluch look

A little ghetto way to install an amp, but couldnt think of anything else.

Ports in

LED's mounted behind a piece of plexi, frosted. Looks better in person.

Sub amp beauty plate covered

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

Close up of the LED/plexi bar

Bought a speaker terminel, but I broke the red and black nuts off, so I stripped it down and made my own with a couple bolts.

Front beauty plate complete

Flush cargo cover

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[Spud2388 10+ year member]

I did a lot between pics, but this is how it turned out.

The whole thing was designed to keep the cargo cover functional. Stealth.

Here's the back. The hinges are there to secure my box down, as well as to allow me to tilt my box back and access the spare tire in the floor.

box lifted

box lifted and spare showing. worked really well.

Alpine PXA-H510 processor mounted under the rear seats, along with the madness of wires.

And my favorite part of my car, 90watt strobe lights mounted on each corner of the car. (this is the control box for them mounted under the rear seats as well).

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

Rainbow SLC-265 tweets on the a-pillars.

mids in doors.

Alpine CDA-9857 with iPod.

H510 control temp mounted with velcro, waiting on flush mount trim piece to arrive along with a new remote for the HU. Those things don't hold up well when you run over them.

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

and i am running some 90w strobes, those things are fun as hell at night. i have hit the emergency lane plenty of times with those on in stand still traffic.

*****And i do have a set of those headlights with the angel eyes for sale. theyre the chrome version, this sytle, in excelent shape (like new). $60 plus shippin if ur interested, pm me and ill get u some pics if u want.

 

[strong*I*bumpin 10+ year member]

Very nice Spud

 

[JustStoppingBy 10+ year member]

seriously... Hats off to you sir.

1) ultra clean install

2) hinged for the spare? classy..

3) choice of equipment... nice.

probably the best GC ive seen in years. i hope one day mine might be as nice. im saving those pix for ideaS WHEN insurance finally writes me my **** check.

 

[PSturmer 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif Thats a lot of port.

i would of put more if i could

 

[clubcar13 10+ year member]

spud, i see you have those little jumpers in ur subs. I can see in the pic when you have the 2 subs on the floor. Well, I have the same subs and I am running them both at 1 ohm and I am not using the jumpers. Thats what your supposed to do right?

 

[Spud2388 10+ year member]

spud, i see you have those little jumpers in ur subs. I can see in the pic when you have the 2 subs on the floor. Well, I have the same subs and I am running them both at 1 ohm and I am not using the jumpers. Thats what your supposed to do right?

im not sure really. i think alpine threw them in there so you wouldnt have to use wires to do the same thing. not sure.